The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-11

the back Of his coat and vest. Hag.
gertY has black eye, aud other slight
injuries. They both bore evidene of be-
ing 10 recent fight. This is said to be
one of the most important captures in
the history of Western Pennsylvania.
% Friday morning J. L. McCleary
of Turkey City, arrived here and fully
identified the dead burglar as his sou
VIM. j. McCleary, and conveyed the
remains to his home for burial.
PRELIMINARY HEARING.
On Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock
a large crowd of men, women and
children gathered in the Court Room
to hear the preliminary hearing of
Wilson, Haggerty, and Shell. charged
with making the murderous assault on
Jacob Wagner and family, in Tionesta
township, on the evening of May 3.
The prisoners we're brought in from
the county Jail, and Squire Brennan
opened his docket. S. S. Garfield,
prosecutor, was represented by T. F.
Ritchey, j. B. Agnew appeared for
District Attorney P. NJ. Clark, and
E. L. Davis appeared for the defense.
There we're two charges made against
each prisoner-one for burglary, and
the other for felonious assault. Wilson
and Haggerty waived hearing. Bail
in their case was fixed at 81 800 each
on the first information against them,
and 81 900 each on the second. Pros.
ecutor Garfield was held in 5000 on
his own recognizance to appear against
them. In the case of She'll hearing
was had. The defendant plead mot
guilty" The court then proceeded to
give him a hearing.
The following witnesses we're then
examined:
Jacob Wagner-On evening of May 3rd.
came in from work between and o'clock
walked through the house and set down a
bucket he was carrying; went out but
soon came in again heard noise outside
thought it was the dog; looked up and
saw two men standing in the door with
clubs and revolvers. They at once began
an attack striking him over the head and
on the arm with clubs they also began
shooting and kept up a rapid firing and
clubbing. Succeeded in driving them out
and tried to lock the door. The panel was
broken in and the door forced open they
got in again and got into the sitting room
adj dining the kitchen where the fight be-
gan. Wagner, Sr., went into a bedroom
and got gun but it was not loaded he
yelled at his boys to get revolvers and
guns. They finally succeeded in driving
them out again; after fight was over pick
ed up clubs and revolvers left by robbers
saw bullet holes i'll walls and floor; Jacob
Wagner, Jr., was shot in the fray; found
a dead person at bars so or 60 feet from
house after doctor was sent for; said to let
him lie there until doctor came the dead
man was lying on his face. He said the
men that attacked him looked like the
prisoners, Wilson and Haggerty. He did
not recognize Shell as being among the
robbers. The robbers were all masked
Cross-examined-The came in through
outside door into the kitchen; did not
know if third was in the room while the
two were first driven out; they struck
when they first came in; there was no
light in the sitting room there was light
ed lamp sitting on the table in the kitchen.
The tall man came in first, the short one
last.
Geo. Huddleson-Arrive at Wagner's
about . o'clock on evening of May 3rd.
Saw boy shot; two revolVers Wagner's
house riddled with bullets; saw lots of
blood. Went back next morning and saw
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with blanket F.; did not recognize the man
after breakfast came back again; got a
trail found blood along the trail in one
place pool of it. Saw blood on bars next
woods; followed trail TO road the trail
sometimes cut across corners and over
points lost it finally at White Oak Spring
it seemed to be leading to the right of
Lineville, or nearly toward Pitch Pine.
Sheriff Agnew-Had warrant for ar
rest of Shell. Went to Edenburg Found |
that Wilson and Haggerty had been arrest |
ed and were in the lookup there. About |
ii o'clock learned that Shell had got on |
train at Beaver and was at Turkey City at
McCleary's house. Got a rig and went |
down, and at o'clock found Shell in |
boiler house and arrested him. While in |
boiler house arresting Shell, heard shoot |
ing outside. Came out and found that an |
other man had run from the house, and |
refusing to stop when called to halt, they
AANlbSnoy anu 4 iOpotJ ndu SldIleu III pur- |
suit of him.
Cross-examined-It was a warm moon |
light night. The house and boiler house |
seemed to be in field. Saw some one
a woman-A1rs. McCleary, walking around |
as approached the house she said there |
was no one in the boiler house. Shell |
seemed TO be asleep, but arose as 1 en- |
tered.
Geo. Dunkle-Witness was asked If he |
could identity Shell. He said he saw |
men last Tuesday sitting on the steps of |
Reck's meat market eating a lunch he |
thought when he first saw Shell on Satur- |
day last he was one of them, but now he |
did not think he was.
s. S. Canield-Went with Sheriff to get |
Shell. He could not identity Shell.
Fred. BranJ-Livs at Tionesta station; |
run the stave mill there. Thought he had |
seen Shell in company with two others, |
week ago last Saturday; identified Bag- |
gerty as one of the men the man killed |
at Wagner's as the other; they were down |
at the stave mill. He came across to town .
and met the EillaH Il